You may well exclaim, but the notion of doors to other worlds goes back thousands of years, especially in what some still call ‘Merrie Olde England’. Portals Of LondonLet us explore some of them, aided in part by the anonymously-written The Portals of London blog, which attempts to catalog the capital’s interdimensional gateways. This merchant holds famous gatherings, at which women and men sink into the water, and onwards into other Worlds’Other PortalsOther sites include The Crystal Palace Park Headless StatuesThe Crystal Palace Park features the haunting sight of headless statues, a poignant reminder of the crumbling Victorian era. A Crystal Palace Park Headless StatueThe abandoned Pedway Scheme was a post-war plan to link the buildings of London’s Square Mile with a futuristic network of elevated walkways. And Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London series of novels.

Source: The Guardian June 05, 2024 14:24 UTC